ELECTROSTATIC


Meaning of ELECTROSTATIC in English

/ ɪˌlektrəʊˈstætɪk; NAmE -troʊ-/ adjective

( physics ) used to talk about electric charges that are not moving, rather than electric currents

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WORD ORIGIN

mid 19th cent.: from electro- + static , on the pattern of hydrostatic .

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.